Officials in at least two Florida school districts have ordered teachers to remove books from their classroom libraries or to cover them up in order to comply with draconian statutes enacted by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-led state legislature.
The Manatee County district’s order tells teachers specifically to “remove or cover all materials that have not been vetted” and that, in the future, any library books added to classroom libraries must be “reviewed by a media specialist using the [Florida Department of Education] guidelines” before being “presented and approved” at a school meeting. The school’s principal must also sign off on the book titles.
“Books not on the district-approved list or not approved by a certified media specialist need to be covered or stored and paused for student use,” the order states.
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